Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Hope he recovers well.
I don't understand how he fell off of a cliff after his move to Utd. I guess the ridiculous pay he got kind of set him up for life and he's already achieved practically most of what he set out to achieve I guess.
His game relied heavily on his physical abilities, added to the fact he never had a summer off when he played for us due to how good that Chile team he played in was...being 29 when he joined United too, think that Alexis was always going to drop off early.
I also think not getting his deadline day move to City in 2017 as they would go on to smash the league that year, plus missing out on what would probably be his final World Cup for his country on the same day, probably took a lot out of Sanchez mentally...think when he finally joined United 6 months later he was very jaded mentally and physically, so a decline was always on the cards, as you say at nearly 30 he had a great career with plenty of trophies...getting that big contact added to everything else, probably made him lose his "eye of the tiger", similar to Mesut really.